Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

